8:50 PM ET MLS reduced its full-time workforce by 20 percent on Thursday, the latest sign of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the sports industry, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN. ESPN confirmed multiple reports regarding the extent of the layoffs. – MLS Cup playoff preview: Depth will be tested in
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12:58 PM ET Derby County’s Wayne Rooney says he hopes to follow in the footsteps of former England teammate Frank Lampard and take charge of the Championship club on a permanent basis. Rooney is part of a four-man coaching team including Liam Rosenior, Justin Walker and Shay Given that will lead Derby for Saturday’s league
5:38 PM ET Associated Press Angel City FC, the new Los Angeles entry in the National Women’s Soccer League, will play its home games at Banc of California Stadium starting in spring 2022. – MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only) The club will share the stadium south of downtown Los Angeles
1:30 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Dani Ceballos has dismissed a report that he was involved in a training ground bust-up with Arsenal teammate David Luiz. The Athletic reported on Thursday that Luiz “took exception” to a challenge by the Span international at the end of a training ground match last
11:34 AM ET Bayern Munich’s dominance in Germany is only going to get stronger over time. MARTIN MEISSNER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Last week, we took a look at the stats behind the Premier League’s odd start. The other leagues among Europe’s Big Five haven’t been quite as strange by comparison: Bayern and PSG are still leading
11:00 AM ET Former USMNT international Charlie Davies announced on Thursday that he has joined a prospective ownership group aiming to bring a USL League One team to the state of New Hampshire ahead of the 2022 season. “I could not be more excited about the prospect of bringing a League One club to my
12:57 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg The 2020 MLS Cup playoffs are upon us, with games beginning this Friday, and with 18 clubs vying for an opportunity to lift that most prized piece of silverware, ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle
3:31 AM ET Two days before Christmas will mark Diego Simeone’s ninth anniversary as manager of Atletico Madrid. So glorious has been his era, the greatest in this club’s 117-year history, that the combative Argentinian’s achievements seem endless. They’re not, of course, but it wouldn’t be hard to be seduced by the illusion. Count them
6:08 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United are sweating on the fitness of first-choice centre-back pair Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof ahead of West Brom‘s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday, sources have told ESPN. Maguire was able to complete 90 minutes for England against Iceland on Wednesday but
10:17 AM ET Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has said the club are “still searching” for the best way to improve Christian Pulisic‘s fitness record after the USMNT international was ruled out of Saturday’s trip to Newcastle United through injury. Pulisic is continuing to struggle with complications arising from the hamstring problem he sustained in the